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Frank Viviano
- -foreign correspondent for the SF Chronprotagonist of the memoir,
- -trying to piece together his family history in Sicily and in the US
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The Monk
- -Frank's great great grandfather
- -rebel fighter for Garibaldi, fought in 1848 & 1860, becomes bandit/shamed outlaw after the Risorgimento
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Antonina Randazzo "Viviano"
- -Monk's first wife and his true love
- -bore him 2 sons, both of which died in infancy
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Maria Bommarito Vivano
- -Monk's second wife whom he didn't love
- -mother of Gaetano Viviano (grandfather Frank's abusive uncle) and Guiseppe Viviano (grandfather of Frank's dad)
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Onorato Evola
- -cart driver in Monk's murder scene
- -Monk's cousin and last person he sees before he dies
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Domenico Valenti
- -Monk's sister's godfather who ordered the Monk's killing
- -great great grandfather of Frank's mom
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The Falcon (Gaetano Viviano)
- -Gaetano Viviano (son of the Monk and second wife Maria)
- -Sicilian bandit turned store owner/abuser
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Frank (Paolinu) Viviano
- -Franky's grandfather and namesake
- -hard working and honest head of Viviano family who was a fruit/veggie wholesaler
- -orchestrates the end of the Viviano-Valenti feud
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Angelina Tocco Viviano
- -Franky's grandmother,
- -wife of grandfather Frank
- -superstitious, dramatic woman
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"Tommy" Viviano
- -Franky's father,
- -son of Angelina and grandfather Frank
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"Prudy" DiGiuseppe Vivino
- -Franky's mother,
- -ex wife of Tommy
- -daughter of Salvatore Digiuseppe/Caterina Cammarata
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Antonio Camarata
- brigand- Franky realizes he has 2 direct connections to the bandit kingdom
- -franky's great great great great grandfather
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Caterina Corrado Cammarata
Franky's maternal grandmother
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Caterina Valenti Corrado
- -Franky's great great great great grandmother
- -related to Monk's killer, Domenico Valenti
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Mike & Rosalia Cortese
- -Terrasini family with whom Franky becomes close,
- -Mike helps Franky become accepted in Sicily as an amici, gain access to resources/info
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S.
- -Franky's editor at the Chronicle
- -close friend and potential love interest
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